#poems

Becca Carroll

Nov 16, 20191 min read

rotten fruit

you change from grapefruit to strawberry; it’s as startling as the first flower’s bloom. but the rain feels more like a new beginning,...

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Becca Carroll

May 28, 20191 min read

A grandiose bed in the middle of the living room, left no space for anything except the elephant of death and all the tubes and...

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Becca Carroll

Mar 6, 20181 min read

what happened your love for me was supposed to be strong and unwavering you were the last leaf on the tree before winter and the breeze...

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Becca Carroll

Dec 23, 20171 min read

once I asked you, "do you think we are too similar?" you replied, "sometimes I think we are too different and too similar all at once."...

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Becca Carroll

Dec 23, 20171 min read

my heart beat in your hands I begged silently "be gentle" blood dripped slowly down your wrists and rushed as your grip tightened on my...

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Becca Carroll

Nov 8, 20161 min read

all in or all out the feelings are all consuming or there is a numb vacancy where my heart is supposed to be I will smoke a pack a day...

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Becca Carroll

Oct 20, 20161 min read

You weren’t worth the time I spent thinking about you for too many years. On, off, and repeat. You weren’t worth the energy of all the...

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